Black Light: Myth and Meaning in Modern Painting
Singapore: Willey-Blackwell, 2009. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 118 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Fine condition. More
Arts & Photography
Greg Gorman (INSCRIBED, Two Volumes)
Ridgefield, CT; Tokyo: CPC Publishing; Taro Kaneda: Treville, 1989, 1992. First Edition. Both volumes warmly INSCRIBED on the half title by the photographer in 1993 in Los Angeles. Tall quartos; unpaginated. Stunning black & white photographhic plates (some fold-out). Fine copies with a hint of wear; small mark to 2nd..... More
Inside Life (SIGNED)
New York: Rizzoli, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title "For ---/What a pleasure it was/seeing you on your birthday!/the energy, love and respect were/obvious and deserved! I love/you very much and count you/as one of my favorite friends./Love/Greg Gorman/Los Angeles '97." Square quarto; 372 pages..... More
Perspectives (SIGNED)
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Square quarto; 215 pages. A lovely copy, warmly inscribed on the half title "For ---/Someone, who I wish was/more a part of my life! I/always enjoy your company and/friendship throiugh the years./Much love,/Greg Gorman Nov. 3." Stunning black & white photographic plates. Glossy..... More
Framed (SIGNED)
Bologna: Damiani editore, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Warmly inscribed on the half title "For ---/Love at first sight/A lifetime friendship./Much love/Greg Gorman/2012 L.A." Square quarto. Black & white photographic plates. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket, "FRAMED is an extensive, lavishly printed survey of photographer Greg Gorman's timeless..... More
Design for the Craftsman
New York: Bonanza Books, 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. 4to.149pp. Index. Illustrations (including color plate). Grey cloth in black & pink dustjacket. A fine copy (owner name) in very good plus dustjacket (short closed tears and creasing along edges). An introduction to the universal laws of design for the amateur craftsman, thoroughly..... More
Elements of Lettering
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 48, [1] pp. 13 plates, in-text illustrations. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to front board. A very good copy (light wear to extremities; small white spot on front cover; light white lines to rear board). this manual has been set by..... More
Humming Birds: Six Full Color Prints
New York: I. B. Fischer, 1946. First Edition. 6 magnificent color prints (20 x 16") of humming birds, housed in publisher's tan printed portfolio wrappers. The prints are in fine condition; the colors are sharp and bright. These beautiful prints are suitable for framing. "A portfolio of six magnificent color..... More
Framed Autograph Note with Photograph
(Paris): 185? 4 1/2'" x 3 1/2' autograph note together with a 3 1/2" x 4 7/8" photograph of the composer. Handsomely framed (10" x 15") and double-matted in shades of green. In the note, dated Monday, September 9, 185?, Gounod emotionally writes (in French) 'Dear Madam, In the midst..... More
The Best of Grant March, 1954 - March 1955: A cartoon History of the Past Year From the Oakland Tribune; (Inscribed by Grant to fellow cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo with TLS laid in)
[Oakland]: Oakland Tribune, [1955]. 1st. Paperback. Quarto; unpaginated [95 pages]. Reproduces 90 editorial cartoons from the Oakland Tribune. Near Fine copy. Grant was an award-winning political cartoonist for the Oakland Tribune and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate whose caricatures grace the National Archives and the libraries of presidents he skewered..... More
Songs of Old Ireland: A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies
London and New York: Boosey & Co Ltd., 1882. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 135pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering; all edges gilt. Words by Alfred Perceval Graves and music arranged by C. Villiers Stanford. More
Designers of the Future 2008
Tel Aviv: Israel Designers of the Future, 2008. 1st. Paperback. Quarto; 56 designs. Text in Hebrew and English. Very Good copy. More
Masterpieces of Oriental Rugs (Text Volume + 3 Portfolios)
New York: Brentano's, [1922]. Complete in Text Volume & 2 Portfolios in English; plus Portfolio I of Gernan Edition. Small 8vo. Text volume: 121 pp. Frontispiece and illustrations. Two English portfolios complete with 120 color plates of 13th and 19th century rugs from all of the carpet-producing territories of the..... More
Beyond the Visible Terrain: The Art of Ed Mell (SIGNED by Ed Mell)
(Flagstaff): Nothland Publishing, (1996). First Edition. SIGNED by Ed Mell. Oblong 4to. viii, [2], 164 pp. 120 color illustrations of Ed Mell's artwork. Publisher's blue cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. Ed Mell is a leader among contemporary painters of the Colorado Plateau. In this work, the author..... More
Early Spanish-Californian Folk-Songs
New York: J. Fischer & Bro. 1922. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 23pp; 2pp advertisements. Stiff brown staple-bound wrappers with black illustration & lettering to front cover; advertisements to rfep & rear cover; color illustration to title page. A near fine copy (light wear; owner name; music store stamp; some musical notations..... More
Laurcence Halprin: Changing Places
San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 1986. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 152pp. Color and black & white illustrations. A fine copy. Catalogue for exhibition held 3 July - 24 August 1986. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available..... More
Mexican Bouquet
Chicago: The Pocahontas Press, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Limited edition to 205 copies. 12mo. 97, [9]pp. 40 hand-colored illustrations of Mexican flora, including title page illustration. Designed by Suzette Hamill and printed by George Domke. Gilt-stamped green buckram. A touch of edgewear else a fine copy. This guide to the exotic..... More
Life's Little Pleasures (SIGNED)
Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 140pp. Blue paper boards in photo-illustrated dustjacket. SIGNED by Hamilton on title page and dated in year of publication. A fine copy in like dustjacket. "George Hamilton brings an amusing and witty glow to his take on women, life, and..... More
Lorenzo Da Ponte: Aufbruch in die Neue Welt
Vienna: Hatje Cantz, 2006. 1st. Paperback. Quarto. Text in German. Da Ponte was an Italian librettist and poet most famous for having written the librettos to three Mozart operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte. More
Spanish Colonial or Adobe Architecture of California, 1800-1850
Stamford, CT: Architectural Book Pub. 1990. Reprint. Paperback. Quarto, 110pp. Many photo-illustrations; drawings. A fine copy, as new. Nicely done reprint of the scarce 1931 work, an architectural study with 175 photographs & drawings, including 26 pages of measured and detailed drawings of interior and exterior doorways, paneling, balconies, wrought-..... More
Art & Artists: Carmel, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Big Sur, Carmel Valley
Monterey, CA: Art & Artists of the Monterey Peninsula, ca. 1969. 2nd. Paperback. Second revised edition. 4to. 8, (4) pp. Black & white photo-illustrations. Essays by John Cunningham, Charles B. Rogers, Joseph Goethe and Betty Lochrie Hoag. Stiff color printed wraps in fine condition. Includes biographies of 220 Monterey Peninsula..... More
Alexander F. Harmer: 1856 -1925
Santa Barbara: James M. Hansen, 1982. 1st. Paperback. 4to. [60] pp, unpaginated. 38 plates (most in color); illustrations. Bibliography. Color printed staplebound wraps in fine condition. Catalog for exhibition held at the James M. Hansen Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, September 27 - October 16, 1982. Next day shipping. Celebrating our..... More
Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola (INSCRIBED by Arriola)
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Gus Arriola. 4to. 248 pp. Reproductions of comic strips (8 pages in color); photo-reproductions. Stiff color printed softcover in fine condition. Collected here for the first time, a generous sampling from Gus Arriola's award-winning comic strip Gordo, the only enduring..... More
Anita's Doll Museum (SIGNED)
Japan: Sanrio Company, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. [22] pp text in Japanese; [140] pp plates (most in color). INSCRIBED by Ms. Hawkins. Blue cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities). Beautifully photographed higlights of the author's doll museum in Van Nuys..... More